I've been playing in the dirt a lot lately. There's nothing that brings me satisfaction and peace like digging and planting. Until recently I've never been great at keeping plants alive, unfortunately, with the exception of vegetable gardens planted in rainy years.
Living in North Texas near the Oklahoma border has put our town dead-smack in the center of what's called an "exceptional drought". The past 5 years have been horribly dry to the point that our combined lake level was barely … [Read more...]